vi Annual Report. [February, 1914. 



on January 15th, 16th, and 17th, 1914, in the rooms of the 

 Society, and a Provisional Programme has been drawn up and 

 circulated. 



Meetings. 



An informal meeting of the Society was held on the 30th 

 January, 1913, at 9-30 p.m., at the Society's rooms to meet Dr. 

 H. Oldenburg, Professor of the University of Gottingen and 

 an Honorary Fellow of the Society. 



Finance. 



The appendix contains the usual classified statements show- 

 ng the accounts of the Society. 



Under statement No. I will be found the account of 

 Receipts and Disbursements of the Society during the year 1913. 



Statement Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 show how the money 

 administered through the Society in the Oriental Publications, 

 Sanskrit MSS. , Arabic and Persian, and Bardic Chronicles Funds , 

 has been spent during the past year. 



Statement No. 8 gives an account of money due by and 

 to the members of this Society. 



In a statement No. 9 an account is given of the sum 

 invested in Government securities and held in deposit by the 

 Bank of Bengal. 



Statement No. 10 shows the sum invested in Government 



securities known as the Trust Fund, the interest of which is 



applied to the payment of pension to the menial servants of the 

 Society. 



The cash receipts and expenditure of the Society as well 

 as those of the different Funds are summed up in a statement 

 N T o. 11. 



Statement No. 12 exhibits the Balance Sheet of the 

 different statements. 



The Budget Estimate for 1913 was taken at the follow- 

 ing figures: Receipts Us. 32,010, Expenditure Rs. 31,469. 



Taking into account the items of Receipts and Expendi- 

 ture for year 1913, the actual results have been: Receipts 

 Rs. 31,612, Expenditure Rs. 22,893. 



The receipt thus shows a decrease of Rs. :!68, while the 

 expenditure shows a saving of Rs. 8,576 on the budget estimate, 

 leaving a balance in favour of the Societv on its ordinary work 

 ing of Rs. 8,749. 



There is an increase under the heads of Subscriptions for 

 the Society's "Journal and Proceedings" and "Memoirs," 

 and "Miscellaneous." Subscriptions for the "Journal and 

 Proceedings" and "Memoirs" were estimated at Rs. 1.608, 

 while the actuals were Rs. 1,680, the excess being due to some of 

 the arrear subscriptions from subscibers bavins been realized. 



